Earthrise: More Price Cuts! Lower Subscription Fees!


Earthrise. It’s a game by Masthead studios, which is not just the name on a shirt that I got for free then took a shaky photograph of. Since its launch earlier this year, Earthrise has seen a slew of sales looking to bring in new customers, culminating in a price drop in June to $29.99. … Continue reading “Earthrise: More Price Cuts! Lower Subscription Fees!”

MMO Fallout: End of Year 2 Statistics


This article is entirely original, any similarities between this and [redacted]’s Fishery financial presentation are completely coincidental. MMO Fallout Year 2 statistics: It’s been a great second year here at MMO Fallout. We wrote a lot of articles, caught a lot of crab, and despite the obvious workplace issues with some trolls, some threats, a … Continue reading “MMO Fallout: End of Year 2 Statistics”

Earth Eternal Coming Back, Open Beta in North America Soon


Earth Eternal has been in the pipeline for a long time, since it shut down rather unsurprisingly last August, and it was revealed that the game was indeed sold at an auction but to an unknown buyer. Since then we’ve been speculating on who the buyer is, ultimately turning out to be a rather unknown … Continue reading “Earth Eternal Coming Back, Open Beta in North America Soon”

Earthrise/Star Trek Online On Sale


Direct2Drive is on a month long set of summer sales, and today’s sale is Earthrise and Star Trek Online. If you haven’t picked up either title, now is the time to do so. Earthrise is available for $11.95 (60% off) and is available for purchase worldwide. Star Trek Online is available for $5.95 (from $14.95) … Continue reading “Earthrise/Star Trek Online On Sale”

Earthrise: Come Back, Old Players!


Earthrise wants you back to see a cool thing they just added into the game. With a list of patch notes substantial enough for Masthead Studios to call it an expansion, Earthrise launches the welcome back program, offering ten days (starting today) for veteran players to return to the relatively new MMO. If you’ve played … Continue reading “Earthrise: Come Back, Old Players!”

Earthrise: Come Back, Old Players!


Earthrise wants you back to see a cool thing they just added into the game. With a list of patch notes substantial enough for Masthead Studios to call it an expansion, Earthrise launches the welcome back program, offering ten days (starting today) for veteran players to return to the relatively new MMO. If you’ve played … Continue reading “Earthrise: Come Back, Old Players!”

Fallen Earth: Going Free To Play, Surprising No One


Back when GamersFirst announced that they would be taking over Fallen Earth’s servers (and retaining the development team), questions immediately started on the free to play transition. Although Icarus and G1 wouldn’t give us concrete information at the time, what they did give us ran down to “well, we’re not saying we are going free to … Continue reading “Fallen Earth: Going Free To Play, Surprising No One”

Wait, Earthrise Is Back On Preorder? Off Shelves?


Dear Internet, Perhaps I’m missing something obvious here. To the best of my memory, Earthrise has been launched and is still running live, at least a quick trip to the official website would lead me to believe so. According to the website, there is a plan to drop the price of Earthrise to $29.99 USD … Continue reading “Wait, Earthrise Is Back On Preorder? Off Shelves?”

Major Fallen Earth Announcement Coming May 31st


Fun fact: The announcement is not for content coinciding with the release of a Fallen Earth line of Lego minifigures and playsets, although those odds would be much higher were this the 1990’s. So what is the big major extraordinary amazing unannounced news? You’ll have to wait until Tuesday to find out. The Fallen Earth team has … Continue reading “Major Fallen Earth Announcement Coming May 31st”

What Happened This Week: 4/15-4/21 Edition


This weeks question is for those of you who have quit an MMO (so virtually all of you). What level of interaction do you keep with your estranged title? Do you forget all about it and move on to your next title of choice, or are you one of those people who turns on jihad … Continue reading “What Happened This Week: 4/15-4/21 Edition”